Providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users

• US 9,647,920 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2014
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Garrick, Gloria B., Hamann, Matthew T., Kline, Anne E., Moore, Christopher D., Workman, Travis J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hlaing, Soe M
• Application Number:
  US14/154,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20150200981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,211 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

Embodiments herein provide geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users. Specifically, a collaboration tool is configured to receive, from a social media application, an indication of a geolocation of a first user, as well as information about an availability of the first user. A second user is notified about the geolocation of the first user and the availability of the first user, which is used to generate a collaborative meeting event for the first user and the second user according to the geolocation of the first user, the availability of the first user, an availability of the second user, and a location of the second user. The second user is automatically notified about the collaborative meeting event, which may be automatically scheduled in a calendar application. As such, the collaboration tool unifies user geolocation and availability information in order to connect interested users with one another in a mutually beneficial way.

Claims

1. A method for providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

receiving, from a social media application, a geolocation of a first user, the geolocation being based on an action of the first user within the social media application, wherein the geolocation is a physical geographic location of a signal emission device of the first user, the signal emission device operating the social media application and an electronic calendar of the first user;

receiving information about an availability of the first user from the electronic calendar of the first user and social information comprising a set of mutual contacts between the first user and a second user and a sentiment of the first user based on a social media content of the first user;

notifying the second user about the geolocation of the first user and the availability of the first user;

receiving information about an availability of the second user;

generating a collaborative meeting event for the first user and the second user according to the geolocation of the first user, the availability of the first user, the availability of the second user, and a location of the second user;

automatically notifying the second user about the collaborative meeting event;

presenting the second user with a set of content to provide to the first user, the set of content being organized by a next-best-action (NBA) model based on the social information of the first user and an objective and a policy of the second user;

receiving a selection by the second user of content from the set of content to provide to the first user; and

configuring the content based on the geolocation of the first user, a time associated with the content, and the sentiment of the first user from social media.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising notifying the first user about the collaborative event.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising automatically scheduling the collaborative meeting event in a calendar application.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collaborative event is one of:

a face-to-face meeting, a telephone call, and a virtual meeting.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the first user providing access to social media content of the first user via the social media application and the information about an availability of the first user.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a commercial offer to the first user when the first user is within a geographic proximity to a commercial vendor.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving social information and commercial sentiment information of the first user.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the social information comprises a set of users within the social media application belonging to a network of the first user.

9. A computer system for providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users, the system comprising:

at least one processing unit;

memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit; and

a collaboration tool storable in memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the collaboration tool comprising;

a location component configured to receive, from a social media application, a geolocation of a first user, the geolocation being based on an action of the first user within the social media application, wherein the geolocation is a physical geographic location of a signal emission device of the first user, the signal emission device operating the social media application and an electronic calendar of the first user;

a scheduling component configured to;

receive information about an availability of the first user from the electronic calendar of the first user and social information comprising a set of mutual contacts between the first user and a second user and a sentiment of the first user based on a social media content of the first user; and

receive information about an availability of the second user; and

a notification component configured to;

notify the second user about the geolocation of the first user and the availability of the first user;

generate a collaborative meeting event for the first user and the second user according to the geolocation of the first user, the availability of the first user, the availability of the second user, and a location of the second user;

automatically notify the second user about the collaborative meeting event;

present the second user with a set of content to provide to the first user, the set of content being organized by a next-best-action (NBA) model based on the social information of the first user and an objective and a policy of the second user;

receive a selection by the second user of content from the set of content to provide to the first user; and

configure the content based on the geolocation of the first user, a time associated with the content, and the sentiment of the first user from social media.

10. The computer system according to claim 9, the notification component further configured to notify the first user about the collaborative event.

11. The computer system according to claim 9, the scheduling component further configured to automatically schedule the collaborative meeting event in a calendar application.

12. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the collaborative event is one of:

a face-to-face meeting, a telephone call, and a virtual meeting.

13. The computer system according to claim 9, the location component further configured to receive, from the first user, access to social media content of the first user via the social media application and the information about an availability of the first user.

14. The computer system according to claim 9, further comprising a commercial offering component configured to provide a commercial offer to the first user when the first user is within a geographic proximity to a commercial vendor.

15. The computer system according to claim 9, the location component further configured to receive the following about the first user:

social information, and commercial sentiment information, wherein the social information comprises a set of users within the social media application belonging to a network of the first user.

16. A computer-readable storage device storing computer instructions, which when executed, enables a computer system to provide geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users, the computer instructions comprising:

receiving, from a social media application, an indication of a geolocation of a first user, the geolocation being based on an action of the first user within the social media application, wherein the geolocation is a physical geographic location of a signal emission device of the first user, the signal emission device operating the social media application and an electronic calendar of the first user;

receiving information about an availability of the first user from the electronic calendar of the first user and social information comprising a set of mutual contacts between the first user and a second user and a sentiment of the first user based on a social media content of the first user;

notifying the second user about the geolocation of the first user and the availability of the first user;

receiving information about an availability of the second user;

generating a collaborative meeting event for the first user and the second user according to the geolocation of the first user, the availability of the first user, the availability of the second user, and a location of the second user;

automatically notifying the second user about the collaborative meeting event;

presenting the second user with a set of content to provide to the first user, the set of content being organized by a next-best-action (NBA) model based on the social information of the first user and an objective and a policy of the second user;

receiving a selection by the second user of content from the set of content to provide to the first user; and

configuring the content based on the geolocation of the first user, a time associated with the content, and the sentiment of the first user from social media.

17. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 16, the computer instructions further comprising notifying the first user about the collaborative event.

18. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 16, the computer instructions further comprising automatically scheduling the collaborative meeting event in a calendar application.

19. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 16, the computer instructions further comprising providing access, by the first user, to social media content of the first user via the social media application and the information about an availability of the first user.

20. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 16, further comprising receiving social information and commercial sentiment information from the first user, wherein the social information comprises a set of users within the social media application belonging to a network of the first user.